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Plenty of Pretty Good Jokes (Prairie Home Companion)

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Amazing, non-stop nuggets of gold. Playing the audience like a well-oiled violin, the Prairie Home team delivers 3 CDs worth of material plus a bonus disc of the 2003 & 2004 joke shows. Need some conversation starters? Look no further than this set.
What more do you need besides a slide whistle and a rubber chicken?

I got a cassette tape of the first PHC joke show years ago and just about wore it out from playing it to keep me alert and upbeat on road trips. Now I found this compilation on 4 CDs and I'm laughing more than ever. Sure, there are sophomoric jokes, 3rd grade jokes, puns, groaners and old chestnuts you've heard before, but somehow they all work when presented by Garrison, Roy Blount, Paula Poundstone and the rest. I love it!

On your next road trip, give good thought to this panoply of wit and sometimes droll but mostly rapid fire humour and you'll be laughingly delighted at how quickly that drive will pass.

These CD's are hilarious!!! Though most of the jokes are suitable for children, be aware that there are some that are risque and many that are just plain over their heads. Also many of the political jokes are dated. You'll find yourself thinking, now who was John Kerry again? But aside from these minor drawbacks, it's a great way to while away the hours on a road trip. Don't want to buy it? See if your public library has it in its collection. Mine did.

I play this CD whenever I need to laugh. It is classic funny Prairie Home Companion humor, both intellectual and silly.

Garrison Keillor can leave me cold, but these collections are a great distraction in the car on trips. Virtually all the jokes I already know, but they are still fun to hear and draw an occasional laugh.

The four CDs in this collection are great entertainment, albeit a bit ribald, from Garrison Keilor's NPR radio shows. I've bought several copies for friends and even sent a couple of copies to our troops in the mid-east. My son says it helped boost morale when he was there. Avoid it if you're easily offended, but great fun for the rest of us.

This is the best way I know to get through a long road trip laughing. It will also take your mind off your worries, because you have to really pay attention to keep up with the rapid fire delivery style and you can't think about much else at the same time. This has become a classic in our home, and a great gift for everyone who says, "I have to have that for myself!"